Boy scouts in the Philippines; or, The key to the treaty box by Ralphson G Harvey 1879-

Author:Ralphson, G Harvey, 1879-
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Chicago, M.A. Donohue & company
Published: 1911-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

OR, THE KEY TO THE TREATY BOX. 141

''Have you got the makings?" he asked, giving up the search at last.

Ned shook his head.

'^I have need of all my wits," he said, ''and never befuddle my brain with tobacco. It's the curse of the age."

" I Ve got to have a cigarette," the sailor said. " I'll go crazy if I don't have one I I won't sleep a wink, either!" he whined.

Ned handed him a dime and pointed to the door.

''Go and buy some," he said, knowing that the fellow would be in fighting mood if he was not supplied with the narcotic. "Come back here and smoke."

The sailor looked at the dime sorrowfully^ scorning the small piece of silver because it wasn't a dollar, as Ned concluded—^pitying himself, too, because it would not buy what he wanted most— liquor!

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